trunion turning set up

[Frank S]

Thanks NortonDommi, you are another of the contributors who I follow with great interest
I don't know about a better cannon but it was very functional at 42 inches long with a 34 inch bore length 10" diameter at the butt and 8" diameter at the muzzle the 4130 tube made it much stronger than anything that could have been produced back in the day.
I would have loved to had been there the day they fired off a plastic sleeve filled with a 2 pound load of 3/4" ball bearings. at a guys barn from 150 ft. I was told it looked like the door had been hit by a mortar